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Piye in hieroglyphs

first pharaoh of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty
Prenomen: Usermaatra
Also known as: Piankhi·Piankhy·Pije·Pianchy
Accession752 BC
End of reign721 BC
Duration31 years
Piye was king of the Kingdom of Kush but also ruled Upper Egypt which had been peacefully integrated as Egypt itself was in full decline and torn by power struggles among local petty rulers. He slowly expanded north and conquered towns one by one until Memphis was captured.

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

kA-nxt xaj-m-npt
Ka nakht kha em Nepet
kꜢ-nḫt ḫꜤꞽ-m-npt
"The strong bull who has appeared in Napata"
Piye stela No. 26 from Gebel Barkal
Reisner, Inscribed Monuments from Gebel Barkal, ZÄS 66 (1931): 90
sHtp-tAwj.fj
Sehotep tawy fy
sḥtp-tꜢwꞽ.fꞽ
"The one who has satisfied his Two Lands"
Beckerath, Handbuch: 206-207, 3:H1·Lepsius, Denkmäler V, 14h
kA-tAwj.fj
Ka tawy fy
kꜢ-tꜢwꞽ.fꞽ
"The bull of his Two Lands"
Obelisk fragment Khartoum 462
Fontes historiae Nubiorum, I, 54
PaM, VII, 192
Beckerath, Handbuch: 206-207, 3:H2
kA-nxt xaj-m-wAst
Ka nakht kha em Waset
kꜢ-nḫt ḫꜤꞽ-m-wꜢst
"The strong bull who has appeared in Thebes"
Obelisk fragment Khartoum 462
Fontes historiae Nubiorum, I, 54
PaM, VII, 192
Beckerath, Handbuch: 206-207, 3:H3
HqA-kmt
Heqa Kemet
ḥḳꜢ-kmt
"Ruler of Egypt"
Obelisk fragment Khartoum 462
Fontes historiae Nubiorum, I, 54
PaM, VII, 192
Beckerath, Handbuch: 206-207, 3:N
wAH-nsyt mi-ra-m-pt
Wah nesyt mi Ra em pet
wꜢḥ-nsyt mꞽ-rꜤ-m-pt
"Enduring of kingship like Ra in heaven"
Piye stela No. 26 from Gebel Barkal
Reisner, Inscribed Monuments from Gebel Barkal, ZÄS 66 (1931): 90
Dsr-xaw sxm-pHty anx Hr-nb n mA.f mi Axty
Djeser khau, sekhem pehty, ankh her-neb en maef mi akhty
ḏsr-ḫꜤw sḫm-pḥty Ꜥnḫ ḥr-nb n mꜢ.f mꞽ Ꜣḫty
"Sacred of appearances, powerful and strong..."
Piye stela No. 26 from Gebel Barkal
Reisner, Inscribed Monuments from Gebel Barkal, ZÄS 66 (1931): 90
wsr-mAat-ra
User maat Ra
wsr-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ
"The strong one belonging to the Maat of Ra"
Beckerath, Handbuch: 206-207, 3:T1·Lepsius, Denkmäler V, 14a
wsr-mAat-ra
User maat Ra
wsr-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ
"The strong one belonging to the Maat of Ra"
Pierret, Recueil d'inscriptions inédites du Musée égyptien du Louvre, I, 45 (C 187)
Beckerath, Handbuch: 206-207, 3:T2
snfr-ra
Snefer Ra
snfr-rꜤ
"The one whom Ra made perfect"
Beckerath, Handbuch: 206-207, 3:T3·Lepsius, Denkmäler V, 14L
piy
Piye
pꞽy
Pierret, Recueil d'inscriptions inédites du Musée égyptien du Louvre, I, 45 (C 187)
Formerly transliterated as Piankhy.
Beckerath, Handbuch: 206-207, 3:E1
piy
Piye
pꞽy
Lefebvre, Le grand prêtre d’Amon, Harmakhis, et deux reines de la XXVe dynastie, ASAE 25 (1925): 29
Formerly transliterated as Piankhy.
Beckerath, Handbuch: 206-207, 3:E2
piy mrj-jmn
Piye mery Amun
pꞽy mrꞽ-ꞽmn
"Piye, beloved of Amun"
Triumph stela of Piye (Cairo Museum JE 48862, 47086-47089)
Formerly transliterated as Piankhy.
Beckerath, Handbuch: 206-207, 3:E3

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